February 19 - Suva, Fiji
Suva was an added stop since we were turned away from Samoa. We picked up a pilot on the way in, as is usual in most ports. Good thing too, looking at the wrecks we sailed right by. We never saw any channel markers either. Couple of wrecked ships in the channel We took a tour out to Pacific Harbour which is a development of nice houses, a golf course, and a small shopping center and has a firewalking show. The bus ride took an hour and the bus was pretty comfortable considering it had only windows to open for air conditioning. Fortunately, one side had a bench seat for 3 small people so we had room to spread out a bit. Beautiful countryside along the way. The fire walking show lasted about an hour. The rocks had been heating on charcoal for 3 hours and judging by the charred pieces of wood on top, they were very hot. The firewalkers come from only one tribe and used to have to abstain from interactions with women and eating coconu...